<VV> Long crank times after "rest"

[J R Read_HML]

Dave makes a GOOD point.  The rubber in an older pump (which this might be 
on a car only going 1,000 miles per year) is not able to stand up to the 
modern gas formulations once the rubber is exposed to the air (pump went 
dry).  The SAME is true of older rubber in the gas line.  So (what I said 
before), change (with modern rubber) the two sections and see if that does 
it for you.  If not, start thinking fuel pump.

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Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Keillor" <dkeillor at tconcepts.com>
To: "Dr. James Waddell" <wadde001 at tc.umn.edu>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 1:55 PM
Subject: RE: <VV> Long crank times after "rest"


Long crank times are normal with a mechanical pump after a long "rest",
but not overnight.  My guess is that you have a fuel supply problem --
either an air-sucking line as already mentioned or a bad diaphragm in
the fuel pump.  If it's the latter, you'll find gas leaking externally
and/or into the engine (overfull oil level and/or gas smell in the oil).
Either type of fuel pump leak needs immediate correction.

Btw, Maybelline, my '66 Corvair convertible (110, PG, ac) lives down
south in Rochester, MN.

Dave Keillor
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